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enVIDEO: CDC features dangers of smoking while HIV+ in historic collaborative campaignhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/video-cdc-features-dangers-smoking-while-hiv-historic-collaborative-campaign
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<p>The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced an historic partnership between its tobacco and HIV divisions in the form of the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/">Tips From Former Smokers Campaign</a>. The campaign raises awareness and strengthens educations about the dangers of being both HIV+ and a smoker.</p>
<p>The video informs viewers on HIV+ smokers' increased risks for certain cancers, heart disease, and stroke, while intensified dangers for HIV-related infections are made clear on the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/">CDC 's website</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="media-element file-file-styles-400px" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%2273057%22,%22view_mode%22:%22file_styles_400px%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22file_styles_400px%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D" height="300" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/400px/public/images/2014-07/brian%20hiv%20smoking%20cdc.png?itok=Ei46SSlk" style="float: left;" width="400" />Print ads will run for nearly two months and <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/stories/brian.html">digital ads</a>, in English and Spanish, are available online now.</p>
<p>“These new Tips ads speak to vitally important information that HIV-positive tobacco smokers need to hear; that once your HIV is under control, the next greatest threat to your health has a cure," Dr. Scout at CenterLink, the community of LGBT centers, <a href="http://blog.lgbthealthequity.org/2014/07/16/press-release-cdc-launches-full-press-to-educate-on-dangers-of-smoking-for-hiv/">said in a statement</a>.</p>
<p>The dangers of smoking have a disproportionately high impact on not only people who are HIV+, but on the LGBT community at large, as well.</p>
<p>Dr. Harvey Makadon, director of <a href="http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer">The Fenway Institute</a>'s National LGBT Health Education Center, wrote for <a href="http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/07/15/op-ed-when-will-we-finally-stop-smoking">The Advocate</a> last night:</p>
<blockquote><p>But smoking is a major LGBT health issue. Studies consistently show that LGBT people smoke at rates that are 35 to 200 percent higher than the general population. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) most recent data show that the prevalence of smoking among LGBT people 30.8 percent, compared with a rate of 20.5 percent among non-LGBT people.</p>
<p>Some of this is attributable to targeted marketing. Tobacco companies have long targeted our community with ads featuring LGBT people and themes. They have supported our causes. While the support has been welcomed, it has come with a price. And smoking has been, historically, tightly woven into the fabric of LGBT socializing in bars and clubs, although this is slowly changing.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, smoking remains a potent stress reliever for those struggling with acceptance in a tough world, though it is well established that in the long run, smoking diminishes one’s health and appearance.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/were-spending-more-what-kills-us-everyone-spends-help-us-how-smokings-killing-equality">Released earlier this year</a> in conjunction with the Surgeon General's <em>Health Consequence of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress</em>, <a href="http://www.lgbtcenters.org/" target="_blank">CenterLink</a>'s Network provided information on 50 years of smoking's impact on transgender, bi, lesbian, and gay communities. The report found that, with the LGBT community spending 65 times more money on cigarettes than funders spend on all LGBT-related issues, smoking hinders people's health as well as the health of our movement for equality.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">July 16, 2014</span></div></div></div>
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Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:22:06 +0000alexandrabolles71695 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/video-cdc-features-dangers-smoking-while-hiv-historic-collaborative-campaign#commentsCDC encourages people to quit smoking with LGBT-inclusive campaignhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/cdc-encourages-people-quit-smoking-lgbt-inclusive-campaign
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<p>The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to quit smoking, and the campaign includes members of the LGBT community.</p>
<p>Among the voices featured is <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/stories/ellie.html">Ellie, who currently lives with her partner in a smoke-free home</a>, because of asthma she suffered from second-hand smoke. (Ellie was never a smoker herself, and her story perfectly illustrates the health risks that smokers expose others to.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/stories/ellie-biography.html">Check out Ellie's bio here. </a></p>
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<p>Smoking and second-hand smoke are both serious issues in the LGBT community. CDC data shows that LGBT people are almost 70% more likely to smoke cigarettes than others.</p>
<blockquote><p> “Tobacco use is one of the biggest health issues impacting the LGBT community,” said Scout, PhD, Director of <a href="http://www.thefenwayinstitute.org/">the Fenway Institute</a> Network for LGBT Health Equity. “Right now it’s still historic to see LGBT inclusion in a national health media campaign. I hope other health agencies follow CDC’s lead and start to make it routine.”</p>
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<p>The CDC worked with the Fenway Institute on improving the diversity of this campaign.</p>
<blockquote><p>"CDC's decision to portray LGBT people in this campaign will translate into positive health results for our community" said GLAAD spokesperson Wilson Cruz. "All audiences need to see their communities represented in order for campaigns like this to really hit home. We know that a greater percent of LGBT people are smokers compared to the rest of America, and we believe that being inclusive will lead to more people getting the message."</p>
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<p>The entire campaign is available online at <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/">http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/</a></p>
<p>The CDC was previously recognized at the GLAAD Amplifier Awards, which honor outstanding LGBT representations in advertising, for a campaign entitled '<a href="http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2011/12/cdc-launches-new-testing-campaign-targeting-black-gay-men.html">Testing Makes Us Stronger</a>.'</p>
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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:34:32 +0000aaronmcquade64096 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/cdc-encourages-people-quit-smoking-lgbt-inclusive-campaign#comments